In what respects do Pilenz and Mahlke have a 'cat and mouse' relationship? How reliable is Pilenz's account if this relationship?
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Have a little read: ... Andrew Gaudio English A1 SL November 17, 2003 Mr. Bamforth In what respects do Pilenz and Mahlke have a 'cat and mouse' relationship? How reliable is Pilenz's account if this relationship? In the novel Cat and Mouse written by Günter Grass, two characters named Pilenz and Mahlke appear to have a cat and mouse relationship. Pilenz is the narrator who spends much of his time following Mahlke. Therefore Mahlke is the mouse and Pilenz is the cat. However, there are times when Malhke is the cat and Pilenz is the mouse. Pilenz's account of a cat and mouse relationship is not extremely reliable. The novel begins with Mahlke, a 14-year-old schoolboy not knowing how to swim. There was a sunken barge from World War Two. Mahlke's classmates would frequently pay visits to the sunken barge. Because Mahlke had not learned to swim, he could not accompany his friends to the barge as
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